Excel 2010 VBA - wrong date format, unable to change

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hello everybody.
i m facing what i suppose being an excel bug. below issue code

Dim QuestoBook As Workbook
Set QuestoBook = ActiveWorkbook

Application.EnableEvents = False
QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value = SourceSheet.Range("E2").Value
QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value = CDate(QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value)

QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("F6").Value = SourceSheet.Range("E" & UltimaRiga).Value
QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("F6").Value = CDate(QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("F6").Value)


Application.EnableEvents = True

ranges E6 and F6 value comes from external source (a table).
source date value are correctly formatted as date dd/mm/yyyy. however the destination value format reverse mm and dd (mm/dd)

What I have tried:

i tried to change the format once or twice but nothing change

QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yyyy"
QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").NumberFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy"

excel ,however, identify derstination ranges value as date

MsgBox IsDate(QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("F6").Value)

always return true either for e6 and f6

Posted 1-May-22 1:29am

Mat 257

Updated 2-May-22 23:16pm

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Richard MacCutchan 1-May-22 8:04am

What is contained in SourceSheet.Range("E2")?
And why are you copying the original value to E6, and then converting it?

QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value = SourceSheet.Range("E2").Value
QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value = CDate(QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value)

Instead of

QuestoBook.Sheets(1).Range("E6").Value = CDate(SourceSheet.Range("E2").Value)

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Mat 257 · Answer 1 · 2022-05-02T23:16:00

Solution 1

I found a way around, instead of trasfer the value only from source to destination, i transfer the fromatting as well with this

Questbook.range(e6).Numberformat=source.range(e6).numberformat.
It works
Thanks

Posted 2-May-22 23:16pm

Mat 257